English → Latin
“scout” in Latin
ēmissāriusemissary, scout, spy; shoot, young branchexplōrōto investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore; to spy out, reconnoitre; to test, try, put to the proofspeculātorspy, scout; explorer, investigatorspeculorto watch, to observe; to examine, to explore; to spy
The English word scout itself goes back to Latin auscultō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scout s.
emissarius: explorator: speculator [SYN. in SPY]: to place scouts at various places, speculatores spargere. Vid: also, SPY
scout v.
To act as a scout, explorare: speculari (the former to find out anything, aliquid and de aliqua re; the latter to spy in all directions, in order to find out; Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 47). [Vid: also, To SPY.]
To repel, reject, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scout?
- The usual Latin words for “scout” are ēmissārius, explōrō, speculātor; also speculor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.